News

October 09, 2003 13:58

• Anatoly Popov will lead Chechen Cabinet again

  "The presidential election campaign has shown everybody's real worth and certain conclusions will certainly be made," said Anatoly Popov.

October 09, 2003 13:45

• Peace prize of Chechen and Russian non-government organizations

  Public figures and public organizations working in the field of peacemaking, defending human rights and providing humanitarian aid in the Northern Caucasus can be nominees for the "Prize".

October 09, 2003 13:21

• Refugees from "Bella" became outcasts

  Dozens of families of Chechen refugees from the tent camp "Bella", which was forcedly liquidated at the end of September, were moved to the other tent centre of temporary accommodation "Satsita" and are in the state of outcasts so far.

October 09, 2003 12:34

• Elections in Chechnya: reaction of Maskhadov's government

  On October 6 the press service of the foreign ministry of Chechnya's government in exile propagated a statement in which it roundly denounced so called presidential elections.

October 08, 2003 23:58

• Bribery of voters had place in Khanbi-Irze village

  Russian military men solemnly gave a small "present" to each villager who was leaving the election center after voting.

October 08, 2003 23:56

• Russian Foreign Ministry did not like Chechen presidential elections evaluation made by US Department of State

  The Foreign Ministry called it "off-handed and tactless".

October 08, 2003 23:54

• Participation of refugees in Chechen presidential elections

  A simple deduction can be made that the internally displaced persons in Ingushetia practically boycotted the elections of the president of Chechnya.

October 08, 2003 18:23

• Well-known Chechen journalist and film director Said-Magomed Khachukayev was arrested in Belgium

  The Association of Chechens in Belgium has protested against the illegal detention of Said-Magomed Khachukayev and urged international, public and human rights organizations to interfere and do everything possible for the detainee's immediate discharge.

October 08, 2003 18:01

• Ingushetia must remain safe haven for displaced Chechens

  Amnesty International is concerned that the Russian authorities have not given sufficient guarantees that the principle of voluntary return as well as the integrity and dignity of the IDPs will be respected.

October 08, 2003 17:00

• Sergey Kovalyov: "The Council of Europe diverges from its democracy support commitments"

  The human rights defender raised deep concern about the future of the Southern Caucasus as gross breaches of democracy took place in all the three countries of the region.

October 08, 2003 15:39

• Problems of displaced persons are in focus of attention of Stavropol Territory's public

  A round-table discussion on migration policy issues took place in Stavropol on the basis of the Stavropol Agrarian University on October 6.

October 08, 2003 15:02

• Observers and human rights defenders give conflicting accounts of election violations

  Antuan Arakelyan, a human rights activist from the "Strategy" center, said, "I went to several election districts and perhaps 50-60% of people voted, but surely not 80%."

October 08, 2003 13:54

• Sulumbek Maigov: "Presidential elections will have no effect on the situation in Chechnya"

  In the opinion of the former special representative of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria President Aslan Maskhadov, there is no ground to speak about a radical turn in the situation in Chechnya and the arrangement of peaceful life while peace talks between the belligerents are not started.

October 08, 2003 11:38

• President of Chechnya is to be inaugurated on October 19

  According to the data of the Chechen election commission, over 80% of the constituents voted for the republic's head Akhmad Kadyrov in the elections last Sunday.

October 08, 2003 11:33

• Azerbaijan Diaspora established Moscow Relief Fund for Refugees, Displaced Persons and Shakhid Families of Azerbaijan

  "In such a way Azerbaijanians living outside of the republic want to support, as far as possible, those who suffered as a result of the Karabakh conflict," stressed Organization for Karabakh Liberation Chairman Akif Nagi.

October 08, 2003 11:31

• Hoj-Akhmed Nukhayev proposes separating mountainous part of Chechnya from plain one and creating reservation there

  Presidential elections in Chechnya excite only inhabitants of the plains of the republic. This is an opinion of Hoj-Akhmed Nukhayev, a former field commander wanted by federal services.

October 07, 2003 23:36

• International conference on Chechnya in Istanbul

  About 100 people participated in the conference, including Turkish parliament deputies, Aslan Maskhadov's official representatives, activists of the international organization "Human Rights Watch", journalists of Turkish TV agencies, radio stations and papers, and Chechen journalists.

October 07, 2003 23:33

• Independent observers and representatives of other Chechen presidential contenders allege elections were falsified

  Independent observers and representatives of other Chechen presidential contenders allege there were no "voters' high activity" and the results of the voting were falsified. According to some data, there were polling stations in Grozny which were visited only by several people in the whole day.

October 07, 2003 23:29

• Foundation for Civil Liberties sent videodisks with films of Chechnya Festival to members of parliaments of Great Britain, France, Germany, and US

  According to the words of Aleksandr Goldfarb, the purpose of the delivery of these disks is to remind the European Establishment that the most terrible barbarities in Europe since the World War II take place in Chechnya before everyone's eyes.

October 07, 2003 19:03

• Armenian foreign ministry considers Azerbaijan is trying to frustrate process of Karabakh conflict settlement

  Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian told it in his interview to the National Television of Armenia.